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The table below looks at the demand for HP OpenView (HPOV) skills within the City of London region with a comparison to our Systems Management category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited OpenView over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkHP OpenView (HPOV)
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank191164
Rank change on same period last yearDown-27
Matching contract IT job ads1529
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.021 %0.029 %
As % of the category below6.912 %15.10 %
Daily rates quoted712
Average minimum daily rate£292£409
Average daily rate£325£416
% change on same period last year-21.77 %
Average maximum daily rate£359£423
UK excluding London average daily rate£304£380
% change on same period last year-19.99 %
Hourly rates quoted23
Average minimum hourly rate£20.00£33.33
Average hourly rate£21.75£33.33
% change on same period last year-34.74 %
Average maximum hourly rate£23.50£33.33
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.19£29.40
% change on same period last year-21.14 %
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
City of London
Matching contract IT job ads217192
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.306 %0.194 %
Daily rates quoted10973
Average minimum daily rate£376£363
Average daily rate£398£374
% change on same period last year+6.30 %
Average maximum daily rate£420£385
UK excluding London average daily rate£336£361
% change on same period last year-7.07 %
Hourly rates quoted715
Average minimum hourly rate£23.05£30.00
Average hourly rate£25.65£31.00
% change on same period last year-17.25 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.25£32.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.96£27.40
% change on same period last year+5.69 %
OpenView LondonOpenView
London

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

OpenView
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing OpenView across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Systems Management category.

City of London OpenView Demand Trend

OpenView
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing OpenView across the City of London region.

City of London OpenView Daily Rate Trend

OpenView
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing OpenView across the City of London region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

City of London OpenView Daily Rate Histogram

OpenView
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing OpenView across the City of London region.

City of London OpenView Hourly Rate Trend

OpenView
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing OpenView also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited OpenView.

130 (90.91 %)HP
213 (39.39 %)ITIL
311 (33.33 %)Banking
311 (33.33 %)Cisco
49 (27.27 %)TCP/IP
49 (27.27 %)UNIX
49 (27.27 %)Remedy
49 (27.27 %)Investment Banking
49 (27.27 %)Firewall
58 (24.24 %)Finance
58 (24.24 %)LAN
67 (21.21 %)WAN
67 (21.21 %)Windows
67 (21.21 %)Microsoft
67 (21.21 %)ITIL Certification
67 (21.21 %)NetBackup
76 (18.18 %)BMC PATROL
76 (18.18 %)HP Data Protector
85 (15.15 %)CheckPoint
85 (15.15 %)MPLS
85 (15.15 %)SAN
85 (15.15 %)BMC
85 (15.15 %)CiscoWorks
85 (15.15 %)Cisco Certification
85 (15.15 %)Solaris
85 (15.15 %)Oracle
85 (15.15 %)Sybase
85 (15.15 %)VMS
85 (15.15 %)IBM
85 (15.15 %)Derivative

OpenView
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing OpenView also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited OpenView. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (3.030 %)XML
11 (3.030 %)ODBC
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (9.091 %)MQSeries
22 (6.061 %)Lotus Notes
31 (3.030 %)MS Exchange
31 (3.030 %)Exchange Server 2003
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
14 (12.12 %)MS Excel
21 (3.030 %)MS Office
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
19 (27.27 %)TCP/IP
19 (27.27 %)Firewall
28 (24.24 %)LAN
37 (21.21 %)WAN
45 (15.15 %)SAN
45 (15.15 %)MPLS
54 (12.12 %)VPN
63 (9.091 %)Ethernet
63 (9.091 %)VLAN
63 (9.091 %)DECnet
63 (9.091 %)Network Security
72 (6.061 %)Cisco PIX
72 (6.061 %)VoIP
72 (6.061 %)BGP
81 (3.030 %)DNS
81 (3.030 %)SNMP
81 (3.030 %)Cisco IPT
81 (3.030 %)IP Telephony
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (9.091 %)SQL Server
13 (9.091 %)Ingres
21 (3.030 %)SQL Server 2005
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (9.091 %)ClearCase
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
111 (33.33 %)Banking
29 (27.27 %)Investment Banking
38 (24.24 %)Finance
44 (12.12 %)Health
53 (9.091 %)Government
62 (6.061 %)Insurance
71 (3.030 %)Electric
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
112 (36.36 %)Analyst
26 (18.18 %)Operations Analyst
33 (9.091 %)IT Operations Analyst
33 (9.091 %)Architect
33 (9.091 %)Network Specialist
42 (6.061 %)Network Architect
42 (6.061 %)Network Analyst
42 (6.061 %)Consultant
42 (6.061 %)Network Engineer
42 (6.061 %)Computer Operator
42 (6.061 %)Technical Support
42 (6.061 %)Helpdesk Analyst
42 (6.061 %)Business Consultant
51 (3.030 %)Technical Specialist
51 (3.030 %)Network Manager
51 (3.030 %)Technical Support Specialist
51 (3.030 %)Cisco Engineer
51 (3.030 %)Server Engineer
51 (3.030 %)Support Specialist
51 (3.030 %)3rd Line Support
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
15 (15.15 %)Fixed Income
15 (15.15 %)Derivative
23 (9.091 %)CESG
23 (9.091 %)AS400
32 (6.061 %)Video Conferencing
41 (3.030 %)Blackberry
41 (3.030 %)Clustering
41 (3.030 %)e-Health
41 (3.030 %)Computer Science
41 (3.030 %)CMDB
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
19 (27.27 %)UNIX
27 (21.21 %)Windows
35 (15.15 %)Solaris
35 (15.15 %)VMS
44 (12.12 %)Linux
53 (9.091 %)Windows 2000
53 (9.091 %)OpenVMS
62 (6.061 %)Windows XP
71 (3.030 %)Windows Server 2003
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
113 (39.39 %)ITIL
24 (12.12 %)Asset Management
33 (9.091 %)SC Cleared
33 (9.091 %)Security Cleared
33 (9.091 %)Change Management
33 (9.091 %)BCP
42 (6.061 %)DRM
42 (6.061 %)PRINCE2
42 (6.061 %)Service Delivery
51 (3.030 %)Data Modelling
51 (3.030 %)Business Intelligence
51 (3.030 %)Service Management
51 (3.030 %)Configuration Management
51 (3.030 %)Security Management
51 (3.030 %)Migration
51 (3.030 %)Programme Management
51 (3.030 %)Supplier Management
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14 (12.12 %)SQL
23 (9.091 %)DCL
23 (9.091 %)Korn
31 (3.030 %)VBA
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
17 (21.21 %)ITIL Certification
25 (15.15 %)Cisco Certification
34 (12.12 %)CCNA
43 (9.091 %)CCIE
52 (6.061 %)Microsoft Certification
52 (6.061 %)Degree
61 (3.030 %)CCNP
61 (3.030 %)MCSE
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (3.030 %)SLA
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
17 (21.21 %)NetBackup
24 (12.12 %)Active Directory
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
16 (18.18 %)BMC PATROL
16 (18.18 %)HP Data Protector
25 (15.15 %)CiscoWorks
33 (9.091 %)Tivoli
33 (9.091 %)AutoSys
42 (6.061 %)NNM
42 (6.061 %)ServiceCenter
51 (3.030 %)AssetCenter
51 (3.030 %)CONTROL-M
51 (3.030 %)OVSD
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
130 (90.91 %)HP
211 (33.33 %)Cisco
39 (27.27 %)Remedy
47 (21.21 %)Microsoft
55 (15.15 %)IBM
55 (15.15 %)Oracle
55 (15.15 %)Sybase
55 (15.15 %)BMC
55 (15.15 %)CheckPoint
64 (12.12 %)Juniper
64 (12.12 %)VERITAS
73 (9.091 %)Blue Coat
73 (9.091 %)Peregrine
73 (9.091 %)TIBCO
73 (9.091 %)Reuters
82 (6.061 %)Sun
82 (6.061 %)Compaq
82 (6.061 %)Citrix
82 (6.061 %)NetScout
82 (6.061 %)Lotus